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A selection of websites explaining how Switzerland is structured and how it functions, providing you with the information you will need to form an opinion and exercise your political rights from overseas

The FDFA awards mandates to individuals or organisations with specialist expertise for the implementation of specific projects or activities. Mandates and individual institutional consulting mandates are put out for public tender in accordance with the legal requirements

Information on the role of the merchant fleet that the FDFA oversees through the Swiss Maritime Navigation Office, in Basel; registration authority for sea-going yachts and small craft that are used on rivers outside the country and in coastal waters

Environment, science, transport, energy and health

The FDFA works together with other federal departments and shares its expertise in key areas of foreign policy.

The role of the FDFA is to ensure that Switzerland's foreign policy interests are safeguarded to the best possible degree. The FDFA works together with other federal departments to ensure that Switzerland is actively involved in international relations and has the right of co-decision within major multilateral forums. It also helps develop international rules and standards, and ensures that the positions adopted by Switzerland are coherent and well-coordinated. With its broad view on foreign policy, the FDFA can balance interests and identify the scope for compromise in the cross-over between sectors.

Aligning interests and viewpoints across the entire federal administration; coherent foreign policy on the environment and involvement of Switzerland in international environmental protection committees